Race and Ethnicity of Reproductive-Age Females Affected by US State Abortion Bans

Demetri Goutos; Nina Cesare; Cecilia Vu; Kenneth Lim; Tiffany Green; Kate Rodriguez; Julia Raifman

doi:10.1001/jama.2024.6023

Race and Ethnicity of Reproductive-Age Females Affected by US State Abortion Bans

JAMA. 2024 May 28;331(20):1765-1767. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.6023.

Authors

Demetri Goutos¹, Nina Cesare¹, Cecilia Vu², Kenneth Lim¹, Tiffany Green³, Kate Rodriguez¹, Julia Raifman¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study compares the race and ethnicity of reproductive-age females between states that implemented restrictive abortion policies after the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision and states that did not.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Abortion, Induced / legislation & jurisprudence
Abortion, Induced / statistics & numerical data
Abortion, Legal / legislation & jurisprudence
Adolescent
Adult
Ethnicity*
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Racial Groups
State Government
United States
Young Adult